WEBVTT I'M PROUD OF THE FAMILY AND I AM PROUD TO BE FROM RIO RANCHO. SHELLY: IT WAS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN TONIGHT HELD BENNER TOUCHED PEOPLE. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAURA THOREN JOINS US LIVE FROM THAT PARK, WITH AN EXCLUSIVE STORY ABOUT HOW BENNER PERSONALLY IMPACTED THE LIFE OF A YOUNG VICTIM AND HER FAMILY. LAURA: A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A HORRIBLE CAR CRASH HERE IN RIO RANCHO THAT CRITICALLY INJURED A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL. OFFICER BENNER WAS THE FIRST OFFICER TO ARRIVE ON SCENE HERE AT TONIGHT, WE'RE SPEAKING TO THAT LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER ABOUT HOW COMFORTING OFFICER BENNER WAS. HE WAS OUR HERO THAT DAY HERE AT I WANT HIS FAMILY TO KNOW THAT HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS CALL OF DUTY. LAURA: TO USE AGO, SHE AND HER CHILDREN WERE IN THIS ACCIDENT. 10-YEAR-OLD COURTNEY SUFFERED MASSIVE INJURIES TO HER HEAD AND BROKE SEVERAL BONES. BENNER WAS THE FIRST OFFICER TO GET THERE. HE SAYS IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL. LAURA: SHE SAYS BENNER DID MUCH MORE THAN THAT, SHE SAYS HE STAYED WITH THE FAMILY, HOLDING THEIR HANDS. SIX HOURS WENT BY AND HE WAS THERE, GOING UPSTAIRS, AND COMING BACK DOWNSTAIRS, AT LEAST ONCE IN OUR. LAURA: COURTNEY SURVIVE. BUT NOW LEARNING THAT HER HERO WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THE FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE DEVASTATED. WHEN KOAT POSTED A PICTURE ON FACEBOOK, AS SOON AS I SAW HIS FACE, I BURST INTO TEARS. LAURA: SHE SAYS WITH BENNER GONE, RIO RANCHO HAS LOST ONE OF ITS VERY FINEST. COURTNEY IS CURRENTLY OUT OF TOWN. HER MOM SAYS SHE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHE IS GOING TO TELL HER HOW OFFICER BENNER IS GONE.